Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-26

bish ourselves. and finally succeeded in
moving the bed out from the wall.
There was no one there, but there was
small trap.door through the floor into
the room below, by which he had es-
capped, after filing his pockets with the
contents Of valise We found beneath
the bed. We never laid hands upon
him again, but got the story back in
side OF week from some New York
officer who heard 1t from one of John
sons pals"
PRINCESS RACovrTzA AN EDITORS WIPE.
A tall, well-dressed man with strong
Unmarked features, partly concealed
by heavy beard, entered the Thalia
Theatre one evening not long ago &C
companied by a lady of medium height
and with face which must have been
beautiful. and was still crowned with
superb growth Of fichly-tinted red
hair. II was not auburn, it was red
and such red / know her at once, n
woman who played no small part in
the events of her day. Twenty years
ago she was known throughout ell Eu-
rope as the Princess Racovitza, one OF
the most beautiful women Of that time.
To-day she lives quietly in New York,
and is know n 10 German citizens as
Nine. Shovitch, the wife of the editor
of the To|kS ZcitUng.
Fraulein Won Doeniges was in early
youth betrothed by her father, a we'll
known Bavarian nObleman, to the
young Wallachian Prince Racovitza,
but the match was not at all to her
liking, for she was already madly in
love with Ferdinand Lassallc, the
leader Of the German Socialists, who
in his dreams saw himself the presi-
dent of the republic of Germany with
Fraulein Won Doeniges by his side
Racovitza naturally enough objected
to the intimacy between Lassalle and
his afianced bride, and the result was
that the two men fought duel, in
which Lassalle was killed. The affair
created tremendous sensation in Eu
rope, nor was the popular interest les
sened when, a short time after his
death. Fraulein Won Doeniges married
her lovers slayer. Six months later
she was left widow, and when she
again essayed matrimony it was as the
wife of theatrical manager named
Friedman, under whose direction she
appeared as star in the leading CONT
mental cities. She enjoyed a certain
degree of success, but eventually she
separated from Friedman. and in time
became the wife Of Shevitch, who had
long admired her, and with whom she
came to New York.
Shevitch comes of a well-knOwn Rus
sian family, his brother, now mem
Der of the Imperial Senate, having
been at one time Governor of Esthonia.
Shevitch has come into prominence
lately as leader among the German
Socialist party and the editor of the
LC0dcr.
XIV YORK FIRMS sCANTILY INSURED.
A peculiar circumstance about the
recent great fire in the Havemeyer
sugar refneries was the comparatively
small proportion of insurance. Ac-
cording to the published statements
the loss was nearly million, whereas
the insurance was only $685. 900. AS
Fl e-iusurance rates are not heavy and
the risk Of fire is great, it would seem
at first thought that the Havemeyer
Company had been careless in not
taking out heavier insurance. The
fact is that not one quarter of the big
man featuring firms and wholesale
houses in New York and Brooklyn can
secure within 80 per cent of the fire
insurance that they desire.
II. b. Clahin, Mills ~ Glib, Lord G.
Taylor, and hosts of other large bust
ness houses are continually on the look
out for chances to insure. Their stock
is sovery valuable that none of the New
FORK companies will take the risk of in
surfing more than a small share of it.
Ey the terms Of law passed in 1891
Insurance companies not Gul y repre-
sented in the state cannot bid for in
sursnce in the State, and the restriction
applies also to the parties who insure.
No insurance company Will take a
very great risk on one Mouse, but each
spreads its risks rs much as possible. |
Consequently the many millions of dol /
airs invested III the wholesale districts /
,annot be covered by the fifty or sixty I
insurance companies nthe State. Pro-
DriCtors of some of the largest bust |
less houses in this city have assured |
ne that millions Of dollars would alb |
olutely be lost by them in case of |
ire, as they are all insulliciently in
ured. Some of them have agents
broad trying to secure sufficient in
urance, although it is against the New |
York law. Many Of them have con-
tructed at great cost such appliances |
IS will make q large fire almost impos-
ible.
NOVEL ARRANGEMENT.